Lord of the Rings, Monsters Inc., Harry Potter … it seems like every major blockbuster is being promoted in restaurants. Well, anime can no longer be ignored and starting in 2002, several restaurants have turned to good ole' Japanese animation for the popularity power to draw hordes of people into their establishments. Akadot has gathered the best of them in our...

10: To promote it's new Garlic-Lovers Pizza, Pizza Hut is giving away Vampire Hunter starter kits complete with wooden stake, jeweled crucifix and a sense of forlorn self-loathing and alienation that eats away at your humanity. A perfect Christmas gift.

9: Now at Popeye's - Southern Fried Pokéballs. Mmmm, Mmmm good. Served with Dragonballs, poached or busted.

8: Tonight's the night to eat out with Red Lobster's new Sorcerer Hunters dessert menu: Luscious Chocolate and Creamy Tira Misu.

7: In partnership with Gainax, Earl's Herbal Cafe offers the Chia Mecha. Just spread the malodorous green paste on your forehead and within minutes a giant robot will burst through your skull. (Not to be used with irony or non sequitur ...camel).

6: For a limited time only Jack (and) the Box whips out the Ranma ½ sex change scalpel. Make your own antenna balls. (One time use. Void in Texas.)

5: The Black Angus Steakhouse has decided to cater to its vegetarian clientele with several Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water vegetarian items like … Grass … and, uh, bark from a willow tree … I guess … well, how about seaweed, can you eat seaweed? … Damn, this girl is difficult. How about algae? Or is algae too "living" for you?

4: Kenshin's popularity has inspired the Samurai Delicatessen to re-open.

3: Burger King is launching a promotional campaign for the new big screen release of Legend of the Overfiend by offering Silly, Wacky, Twisty Tentacles Straws. Watch your soda wind through the prehensile straw and into your waiting mouth as you suck, suck, suck.

2: Hank's Vietnamese Cuisine Bistro has added to its menu the Cowboy Bebop Ein Special.

1: In an effort to cash in on the cash cow Japanese pandemic that's sweeping the nation in the wake of anime's colossal popularity, McDonald's will launch their "Ichiban Oishii Menu," complete with Happy Happy Fun Time Cherry Blossom Vroom Vroom Special Meals and the Japanese version of their popular desert drink, the McFrully.

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FLCL © Gainax / Sunch-Point.

Nadia © Gainax / ADV.

Kenshin © N. Watsuki / Fuji-TV / SME Visual Works Inc.

Cowboy Bebop © Sunrise / Bandai.

Ronald McDonald © McDonald's Corporation.